Spanish Cardinal Faces Criminal Charges for Homily Remarks
Cardinal Antonio Cañizares faces hate speech charges for questioning "gay empire," "radical feminism," and "gender theory" during homily.
Cardinal Antonio Cañizares faces hate speech charges for questioning "gay empire," "radical feminism," and "gender theory" during homily.
"That's what causes change: the people in power begin to get hurt by their own system."
As the EU tries to police offensive language, here's a better way to think about censorship: Screw off.
The tech companies agree to review hate-speech notifications within 24 hours and report on their efforts to the E.U.'s "High Level Group on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and all forms of intolerance by the end of 2016."
Nobody is helped by the government threatening prison over a debate.
Bipartisan gaggle of politicians equate incendiary political speech on campus with "intimidation."
He's come close, but Trump hasn't quite crossed the threshold of unlawful incitement to violence.
Twitter says it wants to strike a balance between free speech and harassment. It didn't.
Um, guys, a government allowed to whimsically bar people from coming to the country is sure not going to stop with preventing pickup artists from entering.
Does Western Washington University's head even know the difference?
Missouri students shouldn't live in fear of bad words.
Mizzou admins, cops shouldn't censors hate speech.
"There is not enough evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction," says British law enforcement.
Halloween is all about frightening ourselves with death, dying, and the undead.
Someone somewhere on the Internet is mean! Call in the federal government!
An instructive example out of Kenya (and a few from our own backyard).
Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos also banned; both said to violate "safe space" policy.
To those of us who have a genuine commitment to freedom of speech, it's not only nice stuff that should be publishable.
Never again be heteronormative, cissexist, racist, sexist, etc.
As Reason regulars are all too aware, the feds have been taking a heavier hand lately when it comes to online speech.
Well, this is terrifying.
"No one has the right to a world in which he is never despised."
The comedian gets a suspended sentence for condoning terrorism.
To grant the state the authority to police hatred is to open the door to the policing of thought, conscience, and morality.
A veteran American journalist wonders if Charlie Hebdo would be legally tolerated in the U.S.
British lawmakers call for banning offensive speakers from social media entirely while France continues hate speech prosecutions
That this is largely a symbolic gesture hasn't stopped students from advocating for the bans.
NYPD: "You make a threat on the internet, we're going to be watching."
Calling for the death of gay people is a hate crime in France.
The pope's "clarification" is implausible but welcome.
The very existence of speech-policing tribunals offends freedom of expression.
The right of people to be critical of religion-even their own-is a defense of the common good.
Pick a position in the Charlie Hebdo debate.
Despite its stand against the terrorist's veto, France treats offensive words and images as crimes.